Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Tulsa race massacre" in English language version.
(...) the official count of 36 (...)
...very often it was difficult to tell where bullets came from owing to the fires and also to the fact that so much ammunition exploded in the building[s] as they were being consumed...At all times I warned them to not fire until fired upon as we had been ordered by Col. Rooney to fire only when absolutely necessary to defend our lives.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)D.C. No. 03-CV-133-E
"White city police officer "deputized" members of the lynch mob and "instructed them to get a gun and get a n-----", according to the Oklahoma Historical Society".
(...) the official count of 36 (...)
...very often it was difficult to tell where bullets came from owing to the fires and also to the fact that so much ammunition exploded in the building[s] as they were being consumed...At all times I warned them to not fire until fired upon as we had been ordered by Col. Rooney to fire only when absolutely necessary to defend our lives.
D.C. No. 03-CV-133-E